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From: rjn@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Hard drive information
Message-ID: <5570163@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Apr 89 14:05:31 GMT
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re: "...what kind of hard drive is in the 9133 hard drive systems..."

Which 9133?, The 9133A, B, D, H, L, V or XV?   Look on the back.  All
varieties of 9133 used Seagate mechs of one kind of another.

> ...and can they be upgraded from the little 14.5M to something in the 20-40M
> range ...

It sounds like you have either a 9133XV or a 9133D.  The 'XV cannot be
upgraded.  The 9133D would require at least firmware changes and perhaps a
new SS/80 controller board.  Even if you could get the needed information
(and I don't have it),  only specific models of Seagate mech could be used
and they are all probably obsolete,  which is part of the reason why the
9133-series is no longer made.

> ... w/o any changes to HPUX?

SS/80 drives are fully parametric,  so if you could upgrade a 9133D to
a 9133H (20M) or 9133L (40M), HP-UX would recognize it.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland        rjn%hpfcrjn@hplabs.HP.COM           3404 East Harmony Road
                  [hplabs|hpu...!hpfcse]!rjn          Ft Collins CO 80525-9599